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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  135849

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Armdale

  Street or Road St. James Church, Dutch Village Road

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Major, Walter Douglas

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Foreman Clerk   4. Kind of industry or business HMC Dockyard

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 21   7. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 26 William Street, Moncton, New Brunswick

11. Place of birth Halifax

12. Name of father Douglas Edwin Major

13. Maiden name of mother Winnifred Ethel Innes

14. Birthplace Father Canada   Mother Canada

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Vatcher, Vera Jean

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Office Clerk   17. Kind of industry or business Canadian National Railway

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 19   20. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Harrietsfield, Halifax County

24. Place of birth Halifax

25. Name of father Lewis White Vatcher

26. Maiden name of mother Rita Dicks

27. Birthplace Father Burgeo, Newfoundland & Labrador   Mother Burgeo, Newfoundland & Labrador

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28. Date of marriage January 16 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 80406

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32. Signature of

Groom Walter Douglas Major

Bride   Vera Jean Vatcher

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Joyce E. Sibley

Address   Armdale Road, Halifax

Name Eric Vatcher

Address   40 Kline Street, Halifax

I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Officiating Clergyman Beverley C. Strople

Address Spryfield, Halifax County

Religious denomination Church of England in Canada

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Divorce attached:

According to a certified copy of the Decree Absolute for Divorce dated 1972-7-13 and filed in the Office of the Registrar General under Divorce number 72-02-001552, it is ordered that the marriage of Walter Douglas Major and Vera Jean Vatcher (Registered under marriage number 1946-135849) be null and void.

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